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Poster: | AshesRising | Date: | Feb 24, 2008 6:57am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: IF NOTHING IS BORROWED...... augustish |
Fire On The Mountain
Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Mickey Hart
Almost ablaze, still you don't feel the heat
It takes all you got just to stay on the beat
You say it's a living, we all gotta eat
But you're here alone, there's no one to compete
If mercy's in business, I wish it for you
More than just ashes when your dreams come true....
Baby's in scarlet, her shackles in gray
If loves to love she's got it salted away
Out of the rat trap and under the wire
Out of the frying pan and into the fire
Put it down heavy, strip it down lean
Got to lay it down dirty and play it back clean
You gave all you had, why you want to give more?
The more that you give, the more it will take
[@Ice Nine Publishing, 1968 - 1995, and Robert Hunter, 1967 - 2008]
The following note is courtesy of our buddie, Alex Allan, at
"Grateful Dead Lyric And Song Finder" http://www3.clearlight.com/~acsa/intro.htm
[@Alex Allan, 1995 - 2008; great guy]
Robert Hunter says this in "Box Of Rain" about writing this song: Written at Mickey Hart's ranch in heated inspiration as the surrounding hills blazed and the fire approached the recording studio where we were working; verses three and four don't appear on the Grateful Dead recording of this song, but lines five and six of verse three became one of our mottoes, along with "Record More than You Erase."
[@Robert Hunter, A Box of Rain: Lyrics 1965 - 1993 Expanded edition; Author: Robert Hunter
Expanded version publication date: 1993 (Penguin USA)
Cover illustration by Maureen Hunter
The expanded edition of Box Of Rain collects Hunter's song lyrics, for the Grateful Dead and others, up to 1993. It includes brief annotations to some songs and a discography. Lyrics for songs written in the early 1990's (such as "Days Between" and "Lazy River Road") that were not included in the 1990 edition are included here. This edition also includes a new preface by Robert Hunter.]
--- AshesRising
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Poster: | Jerrob Hungar | Date: | Feb 25, 2008 2:28am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: IF NOTHING IS BORROWED...... augustish |
This post was modified by Jerrob Hungar on 2008-02-25 10:28:51
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Poster: | AshesRising | Date: | Feb 25, 2008 3:44am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: IF NOTHING IS BORROWED...... augustish |
Wow! I had never seen that Hesse unplublished quote... I like the fact that he sought a path of solitude, however I'd like to believe I am much more optimistic than him. I've got a lot of faith in the power of one's Mind to change not only one's experience of Life, but to help change other's who may be struggling with their experience of Life in this world.
Thank You for the email - I was composing one of my typical wise-ass responses, however though my spirit is willing, my body is ill nowadays so the response remains as a "Draft" never to be sent. Here: that post was the exact opposite from how it was perceived... my fault, I know, however I use this space to write non-sense when I get "writer's block" for the stuff that I am really working on here at "No-Man's-Land Motel." ..I never even considered that it could be interpreted in the manner stated in your email. ..sorry about that....
This will be my last post for a while, however all is well. I hope you and the family are doing well.
--- AshesRising
JH: ..for whatever it is not worth: one of my only in-depth conversations with "JG" was about "The Glass Bead Game" ("Magister Ludi"). Needless to state the obvious.... he really enjoyed that final Hesse novel. More info here:
http://home.earthlink.net/~hipbone/IDTWeb/Hesse.html